Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree - Rellana's Twin Blades Build Guides (2024)

Rellana's Twin Blades are one of the new Light Greatsword weapons added in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. It's one of the best weapons a melee-focused mage can use, and players will want to get these as soon as possible if they want to use both blade and sorcery in battle.

There's a fair bit of nuance involved with Rellana's Twin Blades. It's a paired weapon like Shadow of the Erdtree's Falx, and it deals three different types of damage across its attacks. Here's a simple build that focuses on improving the weapon's melee prowess without sacrificing the effectiveness of its magical attacks.

Shadow of the Erdtree: Rellana's Twin Blades Build - Stat Allocation

This stat spread is based off a Wretch, which is ironically one of the best starting classes in Elden Ring if you're looking for versatility. You'll need at least 13 STR and 16 DEX, INT, and FTH if you want to wield Rellana's Twin Blades effectively, and if you want it to be effective in every situation, the stat spread above should make the weapon scale nicely in the DLC with 15 Scadutree Blessings.

Putting at least 40 points in both STR and DEX is good for most Quality builds, though in this case, players will want to dump extra points into INT to improve the damage of the Twin Blades' Ash of War as well as the Magic damage dealt by the weapon in general. With this stat distribution, players will get a decent Attack Rating of 1674 in the DLC (Scadu 16) or 858 in the base game.

Talismans and Other Equipment

• Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman - Enormously boosts physical damage negation
• Two-Headed Turtle Talisman - Greatly improves stamina regeneration
• Rellana's Cameo - Enhances attacks after maintaining a stance for a short time
• Millicent's Prosthesis/Winged Sword Insignia - Raises attack power with consecutive hits

As a melee-oriented build, you'll want to use Talismans that support your ability to fight in close quarters. The list above is a good all-around setup that's useful in both general exploration and boss battles, though the Rellana's Cameo Talisman can be exchanged for something else if you find that you don't have the time to activate it with Moon and Fire Stance.

Since Rellana's Twin Blades is a paired weapon, you can equip a weapon with a special passive on your off-hand and still benefit from it even if you're dual-wielding swords. Good off-hand options include:

• Great Turtle Shell - Passively increases stamina regeneration
• Sacrificial Axe - Restores FP with every kill

Spells and Incantations

The good thing about having 66 Intelligence is you can use whatever offensive Sorcery you can outside the Moon ones. This will open up a lot of options for a ton of situations where you're better off fighting with magic than with your swords. If you don't want to use Sorceries, then the light attack of the Twin Blades' Moon and Fire Stance should be able to cleave through most normal enemies relatively easily. Use a strong staff like the Meteorite Staff and the Carian Regal Scepter in base Elden Ring to cast your Sorceries.

As for Incantations, there's not a lot you can do with just 16 Faith. However, if you mix the Faith Knot Crystal Tear in your Flask of Wondrous Physick, you'll get +10 Faith for free, which is enough for you to cast Golden Vow before starting a difficult fight. If you'd rather use that Physick slot for something else, you can craft Golden Vow consumables by getting the Battlefield Priest's Cookbook (3), which you can find in one of the army tents in front of the Shadow Keep's main gate.

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

Base Game

Elden Ring

Platform

PC , PS4 , PS5 , Xbox One , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S

Released

June 21, 2024

Publisher(s)

Bandai Namco Entertainment , FromSoftware

Genre

Soulslike , RPG